Bought it for €650.
Seller used filtered water so there was no scale at all, which was nice.
But the group clearly hadn’t been cleaned in a while. The shower screen was completely covered in old coffee oils and the hot water tap was literally pouring out water that looked like mud for a while.
After about 3 reservoirs of flushing everything is finally starting to run clear.
please clean your machines
Also quick question for E61 owners: I measured about 100–110ml in 15 seconds from the group with no portafilter. Does that sound about right?
by ___edw
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You might want to replace the shower screen and gasket with new ones. With the shower screen removed, make sure the dispersion plate above it is clean.
Normal unrestricted flow rate from an espresso machine with a vibe pump is 6 to 8 ml/sec. You are in that range.
Don’t buy used, kids.
That liquid looks like chicken soup.
Seems like milk seeped into the boiler
Make sure you do NOT attempt to descale the boiler of that machine. It says so in the owner’s manual as well, but these machines have an internal coating applied within the boiler that descaler mess up.
Yup… I fix em and yea this is mild. I’ve seen much, oh so much worse.